Damion

Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392 · #2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1977 · 496 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,888
since 1957

Damion over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Damion has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #352, 1977boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,25862
2024—#2,02875
2023—#1,75493
2022—#2,02275
2021—#1,479121
2020—#1,386126
2019—#1,386128
2018—#1,244148
2017—#1,213151
2016—#1,159165
2015—#1,216151
2014—#1,110172
2013—#849251
2012—#942216
2011—#780288
2010—#695335
2009—#661372
2008—#601418
2007—#541473
2006—#494524
2005—#508484
2004—#464550
2003—#472531
2002—#432579
2001—#442547
2000—#433562
1999—#450509
1998—#435526
1997—#482447
1996—#486440
1995—#476454
1994—#495413
1993—#549339
1992—#580309
1991—#572312
1990—#675225
1989—#719189
1988—#751159
1987—#749149
1986—#683175
1985—#688166
1984—#591205
1983—#643178
1982—#601205
1981—#574221
1980#10,3925#543250
1979—#434341
1978—#384413
1977#5,88810#352496
1976#7,2967#358456
1975#9,0675#400367
1974#6,9007#415355
1973#8,4235#519229
1972—#514235
1971—#707136
1970—#712134
1969—#1,00858
1968—#84474
1967—#1,41129
1966—#1,89117
1965—#1,98716
1964—#1,90018
1963—#3,0448
1962—#1,75721
1961—#4,0655
1960—#3,3377
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First appearance
1957

The first year at least five boys were named Damion! It came in at #3,993, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1959, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Damion is popular in 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedNHWashington: #603 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,107 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #633 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,867 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedWIMichigan: #421 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,598 boysMINew York: #681 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 5,129 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedRIOregon: #488 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,759 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedSDIowa: #490 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,164 boysIAIndiana: #695 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,341 boysINOhio: #540 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,916 boysOHPennsylvania: #728 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 6,212 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,075 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 12,744 boysCAUtah: #670 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,597 boysUTColorado: #483 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,875 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedNEMissouri: #384 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,231 boysMOKentucky: #364 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,343 boysKYWest Virginia: #306 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,715 boysWVVirginia: #591 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,216 boysVAMaryland: #578 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,108 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedDEArizona: #879 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,987 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedARTennessee: #544 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,632 boysTNNorth Carolina: #592 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,141 boysNCSouth Carolina: #473 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,713 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #457 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,384 boysOKLouisiana: #454 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,276 boysLAMississippi: #547 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,981 boysMSAlabama: #428 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,416 boysALGeorgia: #747 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,366 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Damion, so not publishedHITexas: #551 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 3,967 boysTXFlorida: #607 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 4,332 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#306 · 1 in 1,715
  2. Kentucky#364 · 1 in 2,343
  3. Missouri#384 · 1 in 2,231
  4. Michigan#421 · 1 in 2,598
  5. Alabama#428 · 1 in 2,416

Best ever in a state: #119 in District of Columbia, 1979.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#30651 in 1,715
Kentucky#364101 in 2,343
Missouri#384151 in 2,231
Michigan#421191 in 2,598
Alabama#428101 in 2,416
Louisiana#454111 in 2,276
Oklahoma#45791 in 2,384
South Carolina#47381 in 2,713
Colorado#483101 in 2,875
Oregon#48871 in 2,759
Iowa#49051 in 3,164
Ohio#540161 in 3,916
Tennessee#544101 in 3,632
Mississippi#54751 in 2,981
Texas#551471 in 3,967
Maryland#57871 in 4,108
Virginia#591101 in 4,216
North Carolina#592131 in 4,141
Washington#60391 in 4,107
Florida#607221 in 4,332
Minnesota#63361 in 4,867
Utah#67051 in 4,597
New York#681211 in 5,129
Indiana#69571 in 5,341
Pennsylvania#728101 in 6,212
Georgia#747111 in 5,366
Arizona#87951 in 7,987
California#1,075191 in 12,744
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Damion
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 230 spots since 2024 (#2,028 → #2,258)
  • 872 spots since 2020 (#1,386 → #2,258)
  • 1,042 spots since 2015 (#1,216 → #2,258)
  • Biggest jump: 567 spots in 1968 (#1,411 → #844)
  • Biggest drop: 261 spots in 2014 (#849 → #1,110)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1957
  • Peaked 1977 at #352 (496 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1970–2013
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,313
  • Highest: 1 in 3,313 boys born in 1977 were named Damion (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,550 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 29.8% of all boys named Damion (5,040) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#3,993 (1957)#3,993
1960s253#844 (1968)#2,124
1970s3,162#352 (1977)#480
1980s1,897#543 (1980)#654
1990s3,974#435 (1998)#520
2000s5,040#432 (2002)#505
2010s2,005#695 (2010)#1,059
2020s552#1,386 (2020)#1,821

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Damion in 2009

boys
#661
372 births · 1 in 5,332 boys

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #661Damion372
More about 2009

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 5,332 of them was named Damion, which outranked 95.5% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Damion
  1. #658Lee374
  2. #659Alonso373
  3. #659Rhett373
  4. #661Damion372
  5. #662Kolby371
  6. #663Darian369
  7. #663Giovanny369
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009 →